Should College Athletes Be Paid? Since the rise of popularity in college sports gave way over the past fifty-sixty years fans of college sports and the athletes have been debating over whether or not the college athletes should be getting paid for playing or not. This debate really started when colleges and other business started making money off of college sports, for instance college basketball which makes a billion dollars a year and since then players and fans have been asking why they weren’t
Paying College Athletes The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been rewarding University athletic programs across the nation for many years now. Allowing coaching staff and others to make money off of the athletes in these programs. Athletes, however, do not get any compensation for the hard work they put in to earn the National Collegiate Athletic Association the multi- million dollars of revenue each year. The athletes are expected to give an “all in” type effort while keeping
The question is should college athletes be paid to play? Many people say that college athletes should be paid; But also many say college athletes shouldn’t be paid. This subject can go both ways if you ask people. As we can see there are many ways people can view this. Athletes should be paid to play sports throughout their college years. College players should be paid to play. They face hard obstacles throughout the season and off-season. Players go through hard workouts and series of film
A very long debate in college sports is if the athletes should be paid. Author Jared Walch, talks about both sides of the issue, but later in the article it seems he sides with the argument that they should be paid. In the beginning of the article, he talks about why the athletes shouldn’t be paid. Walch first argues that this is all a choice for the athletes. They choose to put themselves in harms way of possible injury and not every athlete gets injured. Another argument that the author discusses
Schooled: The price of college sports A billion dollar industry based off of not paying the men that make them the big bucks. College sports have been in the limelight lately because of how the players do not make a dime of what they brought in. This documentary shines the light on many subjects that have been put in the dark corner so everyone can forget about what really happened. They really leave the hard part up to the viewer on if college students should be paid for what they do or not? Before
How have sports changed to the point where there is serious discussion around paying college athletes? Universities and athletic coaches make millions on the backs of their players. So the question is, are our college athletes properly compensated? After reading both articles by Paul Marx and Warren Hartenstine I have come to the conclusion that college athletes should not be compensated beyond their athletic scholarships. Many students are fully compensated for tuition, room and board, books and
Should College Athletes Be Paid? College athletes have a hard life. They have to keep up with their grades in school, and focus on sports. For all of the work they do and how much time they put in to sports, they should get paid. They should get money for working as hard as they do. College athletes shouldn’t get paid as much as a professional sports athlete, but they should get paid a descent amount. If all the colleges were paying their athletes, it would take away from their scholarship purposes
From the outside looking in, collegiate athletes live a life of luxury. They have the opportunity to perform the sport they love in front of massive crowds, and some are provided an opportunity for free schooling. Although this is undoubtedly true, outsiders are not capable of comprehending the true hardships associated with college athletics. Although they are granted acceptance and often a scholarship to their school of choice, they are not truly granted the opportunity to utilize their school’s
College athletics are incredibly popular today. College athletics bring great things to colleges around the United States. However, there have been problems that come with college athletics. There has been a huge discussion lately over if college athletes should be paid. College athletes put a lot of effort into their sport, earn money for their school, and skip many days of school. However, some of the lesser sports don't earn the big money that some sports make for the school, athletes would all
All over the world people would love to get paid for being a college athlete, which this is soon to become real and should continue to go on when it does “The time is right to give schools the option to share their rising sports income with college athletes” (Text 2, Line 31-32). Income for athletes would be great, I think college athletes should be paid. Having college athletes be paid would help with poverty, help pay other costs scholarships don't cover, and also reward them for the